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    Has anyone had an LED TV repaired?

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    I did, but it was still under warranty. Our set had a thing where the bottom of the screen was really dark.

     

     

    Service guy came out, unscrewed the back and I could see there were literally 3 parts to the entire TV. Two chips and a screen. He replaced the screen, no fix. He replaced the bigger chip, and it was fixed. Been fine ever since.

     

    No surprise these sets don't last like the old tube TVs.

    If you only have to take the back of the TV off to make a repair it can be pretty simple. Unfortunately for me, it's a problem with one if the LED lights which requires taking off the entire front panel and all the circuit boards

    Has anyone had an LED TV repaired?

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    Have you checked the interweb to see if there is anything about your issue and potentially repairing yourself?

    Yes. My issue seems to be a somewhat common issue in LG TV's. However the repair consists of basically dismantling the entire TV to get to the issue. I don't trust myself one bit trying to dismantle a 65" TV. Would rather have a professional do it

    Has anyone had an LED TV repaired?

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    I guess a HDMI switcher is the modern version of a receiver (minus the sound system). Do the sound bars really work all that well? (If they do, why don't they have multiple inputs for HDMI, with one back for screen?)

    I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Sound bars are not theater sound, but do typically sound much better than the average new flat panel TV. If your sound bar has an ARC input, which uses hdmi, then everything that goes through your tv goes through your sound bar. Think of it as a speaker extention for your TV by plugging it into your TV via an hdmi cable. It also eliminates using 2 remotes (one for the cable box and one for the sound bar). ARC basically turns your sound bar into your TV speakers. Once I got a sound bar with ARC, I could never go back

    Has anyone had an LED TV repaired?

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    as just jack mentioned, try using a hdmi switcher, (not splitter) if you don't have enough inputs. the one i used was great, and would automatically recognize what device you were trying to use, and would bring it up on the tv. the only time i ever had to manually switch the setting was if two devices were running at once, and i wanted to switch between them. even for that there was a little remote. 50 bucks maybe.

    Not a bad idea. Gonna wait to hear back from the repair shop today or tomorrow and see what happens.

    Has anyone had an LED TV repaired?

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    Are receivers really that outdated now? Why the need to have 3 to 4 HDMIs when you really need one? Oh well I guess I just am old school.

     

    As with everyone else, it sucks that you have to spend more money on a TV after you just bought one three years ago. That sucks.

    Well as far as hdmi inputs go, I have my directv box, blu ray player, chromecast and soundbar(which uses hdmi for the audio return channel).so that's 4 hdmi inputs I use. Like I said, I could get by with 3 seeing as I don't use the blu ray player all that often. The other 3 are necessity though

    Has anyone had an LED TV repaired?

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    as soon as i read the title of the thread, my first thought was just to buy a new one. i've had a few samsungs, and for the most part, they've been great...i just don't love the smart system on the tvs. it must have been a decent tv for that price at that size. we bought a new samsung 75 inch for our family room, and it was maybe 1800.

     

    i have a tough time thinking that sucker is going back together same way. on a side note, if you do buy a new one, you can look into the 4k tvs. I just bought a 50 inch for my home office, and it's pretty badass. not the cheapest tv, but it's the best picture in the house.

    Well that's my issue. I've been pricing new tvs and it's just annoying. I can get 50 or 55 inch 4k TV for anywhere from 700-1000 dollars. While that's a decent price compared to what I paid 3 years ago, they lack in other areas. My 65" has 4 hdmi inputs and 3 usb. Alot of the "cheaper" new 4k tvs have a max of 3 hdmi (sometimes 2) inputs. While I'm willing to go down a little bit in size, I cant live with only 2 hdmi inputs. 3 is tolerable. At the end of the day, I jyst really don't wanna spend that much money again

    Has anyone had an LED TV repaired?

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    I'm a bit disappointed in Samsung. I purchased a 65" Samsung smart LED TV 3 years ago. Cost me $1600 new. I noticed last week their was a bright spot in the picture. Almost in the center of the screen. Best way I can describe it is that it looks like theirs a spotlight in the picture. It's very annoying

     

    Spent 45 mins on the phone with Samsung technical support. Long story short, they told me it'd be better to just buy a new TV because it'd cost roughly $1000 to fix. Did some research on the internet and it seems to be that one of the backlight lenses fell off. Apparently this is a common issue with LG tvs. I called Samsung back to see if they could help me out, like with purchasing a new TV considering this TV is only 3 years old. They told me to call around and see if I could find someone to fix it cheaper. Wtf seriously? Way to stand behind your products Samsung.

     

    So I found a local TV repair shop that seemed to be fairly familiar with the issue and they're taking a look at it. They advised me that because they basically have to take the entire TV apart to fix the issue, theirs a chance the TV may not turn on again after the repair. I've never had a TV repair done and jyst curious if anyone here has with newer tvs

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